Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1994, 11:28 PM EDT for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 1994, 11:28 PM EDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 1994, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMFD 130328 SVRMFD OHC033-130430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 1128 PM EDT TUE APR 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MANSFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 1125 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHER MARION COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS NEAR THE CITY OF MARION AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ONE HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 1140 PM PASSING BETEEN BUCYRUS AND GALION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TO^RNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. CURRY NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 9:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 459 PM EDT (359 PM EST) TUE APR 12 1994 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLDES THE OHIO COUNTIES OF HAMILTON...BUTLER...AND WARREN AND INCLUDES THE CITY OF CINCINNATI. DEARBORN COUNTY IN INDIANA IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE WATCH INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG. AT 945 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...AND EASTERN INDIANA NEAR AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER KENTUCKY IN A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE TO MAYSVILLE KENTUCKY...50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI...TO JACKSON COUNTY OHIO...60 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RAPS
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 10:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
OHZ024-025-026-034-035-043-044-042-051-052-053-060-061-062-130300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 1002 PM EDT TUE APR 12 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH THE MIAMI VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 3 AM TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO LATE THIS EVENING. AT 1000 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MONTGOMERY AND WESTERN GREENE COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING CLARK COUNTY BY 1020 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING MERCER AND VAN WERT COUNTIES BY 1100 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST ON THESE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. TIPTON
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 10:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OHZ044-052-053-130330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 1022 PM EDT TUE APR 12 1994 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR WAS OVER WESTERN CLARK COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING. AT 1020 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN CLARK COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A HAM RADIO OPERATOR WITH WIND EQUIPEMENT REPORT WIND GUSTING TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND PEA SIZE HAIL AT 1015 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO CHAMPAIGN COUNTY AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITY OF URBANA BY 1040 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES PLEASE TAKE S"HELTER AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST STORM REPORTS. TIPTON
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 10:51 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
OHZ053-061-062-130345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 1049 PM EDT TUE APR 12 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR WERE JUST SOUTH OF GREENE COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING. AT 1050 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF DAYTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITY OF XENIA IN GREENE COUNTY BY 1110 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES PLEASE TAKE SHELTER AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STORM REPORTS. TIPTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow | 62 min |
| Apr 13, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Richland | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 12:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.